Mega Events: Inside the FIFA World Cup

YouTube ButtonTwitter ButtonFacebook Button

The SPDC Mega Event Planning Group and MSUglobal offered a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the 2014 FIFA World Cup. This MOOC is the second offered in the SPDC MOOC Series on Mega Event Planning; the first being the 2014 Winter Olympics MOOC. The course featured five self-paced modules focused on different aspects of the FIFA World Cup, including the sport itself; its history, culture and politics; business; and urban planning. Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Soccer Ball from Adidas

The course took place online June 23-July 21, 2014. It provided video lectures and provide opportunities for interaction with the instructors and other students. The course made use of discussion forums and offer external social networking participation (Twitter (connect to MEPupdates) and Facebook (Mega Event Planning Group)) or elements.

The course will be taught by Mark Wilson, PhD, a Professor in the SPDC Urban & Regional Planning (URP) Program and Director of SPDC Global; Eva Kassens-Noor, PhD, an Assistant Professor for the SPDC URP and the MSU Global Urban Studies Program; and Lisa Robinson, head of metadata management for MSU Libraries. Yuya Kiuchi, assistant professor of MSU Writing, Rhetoric & American Culture; and Francisco Villarruel, professor of MSU Human Development & Family Studies, taught the module on Laws of the Game.

Mega Event Planning

  • follow us on youtube
  • follow us on instagram
  • follow us on linkedin
Michigan State University
  • Spartans Will.
  • © Michigan State University

MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer, committed to achieving excellence through a diverse workforce and inclusive culture that encourages all people to reach their full potential.

Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status. Issued in furtherance of MSU Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Quentin Tyler, Director, MSU Extension, East Lansing, MI 48824. This information is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned.

The 4-H Name and Emblem have special protections from Congress, protected by code 18 USC 707.

We comply with the Federal Trade Commission 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).